THE TBOy HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1874. i r-C.CAKK. J. M. H'LMLtkS Cake & MoLellan, Real Estate Agents, rtfflxn In nrnirt HoUSO. Troy, Lincoln Comity, Ho., pHOPGRTV for bai.k. frHOPKRTY No. 2. Coal mini: 4U acreB unuor laid with n vein of coal twelve feet thick, within tilly feet of the ground ; eight mile went irom Troy, l'rlce 1.00t. No. 4. Siillno county land ; an Im proved farm of 400 acred. 220 acres under Wo, 120 acres timber. Hewed loir lume f Ave rooms one and n half stories high ; a tenant house eljhtccn by clKhtcen luet i a tlvinit "d cistern well nt the House, "even fprltirn on the farm and n stream of llvlnir water nt one end of It. An orchard of one hundred and seventeen fruit trees now in bcariiu:. seven index from Hrownsvllle. on a roalroiid. Will lm fold cheap on long time, or exchanged lor property In this county or In St. Louis. .... , , No, ft. House and 4 lols In Troy; home of four rooms and two porches, a well, smoke hoiKo. stable, fruit and shade tree...

THE TROY HERALD, WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21, 1874. fiaeful Information, WW Common lyo or wood mhos wilt ofti-n hard putty tn tfovv inlnutOR. The fumes ot a brimstone match will remove berry stains from a book or pnicr oiitfravlntr. Dry prtliit h removed by dipping a swab with n liaiidlc In a strong solu lion ot oxalic acid. It solicits at onre. It you want n new shoe to tit ns cnslly n mi old ono, put on two pair nf Mocking beforo your measure is t iikcn. If lliorc Is rust nu your flat Iron, or oilier roughness, put some tluu Milt on a board, rub it rapidly whilo warm, until It move smoothly. If a iluor docs not shut without n "slum," 1 1 ti t a drop of sweet oil on he catch, or on the liiugoif It creaks. .Soup will do, but nut so well. A sluirlo dron of tho scsnnl chlo ride of iron, put on a corn between (lit! Iocs on co a day with a camel's huir brubh, will ellect a marvelous cure. If you wish to make a null drive well and last long without rusting, dip It In melted gronso 11 lit. This...

THE TROY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1874. TROY HERALD. WEDXliSDAV, OCT'K 28, 1871. a lutti:ii ino.ii ri:xA. Dllt'.Vl'l'U, Wish Co., Tkxjh, September 'J7, 1671. J.'ttitor Jlevtthl : Having .Just re li i'ticil from preaching (Hnptlst As MR'lutloii) in this now country, 1 thought 1 woitlil dot down a few Items fcr the Hci'uM, ns Ihey may give your renders somo Idea of this country. I s the first place 1 must say tlmt'thc mil saying that u "Texan, in full i':css, wore only a shirt collar unit u 1 ilr of spin's," would not apply to t '.so congregation to-day, us I did not see n single tpur ami but few shirt collar ; in fact the most ilueiil speaker I have heard for sonic time spoko to d.iv, minus a collar; yet 1 do not J. now when 1 have seen a mora gen l.'cl and neatly-dressed eougregatiou, .vid their behavior at church was so j.mch bettor than what wo see lu some rf tho older slates thut it would'be well tor some of them to taho a les son in civilization from theso wild Wio is n no...

THE TROY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1874. ilcfy Mr. Porter to products slnglo Instance. 41 li. I nm charged with holding envcral ofllces. 1 deny holding nny olllco except ctork of probalo court. 1 Imvo resinned tlio KiBit ion of onnlilor in Iho hnuk, and don't own n tfrdlur's worth ot slock in mime, mid I never hail hut $300 in thobnnk ; but if 1 did, it whs noboily'H business except the iiiqii who luiltl mo to keep the books. 1 nduiit that I have always hcen industrious. I huvo been com pelled to bo so. Let Mr. l'oi ter try the experiment of taking enru of a wllo and ii lot of children, nud he will huvo something more to do thiiu riding hi grny horse nil over Lincoln county limiting for otllec, as he hits been doing lor the lust iunrtcr of a century And this brinies mo to no tice that my two friends belong to that numerous class who love otllec better than party, and who have no mm; lor party unless thoy can get of lice. Mr. Porter lias made the following races : 18.V. lor repr...

THE TltOY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1874. TROY HERALD. WKDXK8PAY. OCT'K 28. 1874. PUBLIC AND IIIUH t'HOOL. Tho second term of this comblim lion achool will onoH, with n lull corps of toucher, on Monday September 14, in tho public school hiillilitiK (for merly Christian Institute) ami von tlnuo eight inojillis. Tho nubile school deparlmont will lie iiuilct tho mniintfciiiont of V. T. Thiirumuil, A. 11., principal J Mrs. Hclinu Crump and Mrs. M. S. Hotter iisslstuiiti. The hliih school department, cm bracing ulttcura. geometry, plillono pliv, rhetoric, criticism, Latin, (jrcok, Ac. will bo under tho mamujcmcutol X). M. 1). Thurmond, A. II., principal. ItATKSOK Tl'I'llUN IN ItlUH SCHOOL UUI'AUTMKST. First study, per month $l.fiO Second " " 1.00 Third " " 60 Full privilege in High School 3.60 jinynule monthly, or one half In ud vaiteo and one half at tho end of the term. No deduction will bo made except In cases of protracted sickness. It will be observed that the above nrraiigemcu...

THE TROY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1874. TROY HERALD. WEDNESDAY, NOV'K 4, 1874. A. Prescription that didn't Fail A BTOItY KOlt lltANir.l!S. "I wish you would toll Jnuios wlien l.e comes In to turn t lie co,vs into the iuivcr lot. And if Tiirpln call tell liltn I liavo concluded to tnko those sliecp 1 wnnt tho mcrlnocs. And whllo I Kin gutting ready, plouso tuko in v memorandum. book and nolo down tour hnrness. simps, ilvo pounds or lulls, mid gimlet, hnlf jockey strap, and and yes, I bcllcvo that Is till. I forgot them when I made out llm items Hits morning." Mrs. Streeter rose wearily, laid her deeping bubo carefully In Its crib, nnd proceeded to record tho nrllrlcs named. She was young not over twcnty-llvo but the wnip'.cxioii wa.i sadly faded, and Hint Hues were already marking the whlto forehead, while the tired eyes told of care and hinted strongly at a Jissulisllod heart. And till thln-chcckcd, pink-eyed woman had been called n beauty only ..sven years before! And when sh...

THE TROY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1874. Why Uncle was a Bachelor. "You linvo orionwondcrod, George, why It Is 1 have never married won dered, and most probably rejoiced, lor nt my death, you know, (he old phico will come to you, hk It oamo to inc. free of debt or Incumbrance. 1 Mippnso yon have allrlbtited my con llrined bachelorhood to Route disap pointment In love In early llle, eh? Ah, Well, I'll tell you (he whole story. Jt may serve as a warning to you, I wa going to say, only 1 do not be lieve In one man's cxpurlcuca being ot any uso to nnother. And as to warnings bah ! they never nerve. Hut I am in u retrospective mood to night, no If you care to hear the story oti shall." My UneloJ George and 1 woro stay ing up nt llnrlulg, a small fishing ilai'u of liU in the Highlands, to which wo resorted regularly twico a year for about a fortnight In pursuit of salmon. I bad loitt my father when I was lour yearn old, and since that time his brother, my Uncle (ieorge, had been my f...

THE TROY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1874. TROY JHERALD. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 4, 1874. TIICU. JON. A B. FIRHEH, I mVDU, I Editors, THE GREAT TIDAL WAVE Demooraoy Victorious Over the Country. II Tho Kcpublicaus think they will tarry Nevada by about five hundred majority. Illinois expect to elect fourteen Opposition congressmen that is, up I used to Grant's admiuistrutioii. Telegraphic reports say that be tween live uml six thousand fratulu ' -lit registrations of negroes have hi'on itiiido in Now Orients. i 1 1 1 o negrom of Louisiana arc ask tig an equal distribution of tlio ollioud ti that state. It' they lire to vote to l.uep carpet-baggers In office, they Nunt to share tho spoils. Partial rot n tut from tho Louisiana 'ate election Indicato that the race will he very close there. It is I o be 'iiipcd, however, that I ho eoiisrrva 1 ves will win the day. Everything w as- progressing quietly. I'hu Xew Orleans Tclrrinijih, a Ita- niblican paper says : "We arc satU m1 t!i:U there lias b...